Identify, prioritize and remedy complete streets gaps and lack of connectivity/safety within your road network by, for example, bike/pedestrian plan, adding a bike route/lane, truck route, sidewalk or mid-block alley.

• See BPA 12.1 for more on walking, biking, and transit access.
• Climate Strategies that Work (U.S. DOT, 2024) provides actionable information for 27 transportation-related emission reduction strategies (including Coordinated Transportation Planning) through well-vetted guides detailing benefits, implementation steps, and resources.

Walk/Bike Audits: 

• Engaging community members is essential in identifying gaps and in helping make a place more welcoming and livable with pedestrian-friendly street changes. A walk audit (a simple, lightly structured amble of 60-90-minutes with a group of 5-35 people) unlocks many insights and inspires problem-solving that is both creative and grounded in real life. 
  • Use the Minnesota Walks (2016) - a framework for action for creating safe, convenient and desirable walking and rolling for all.
  • See the AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit.
• MN Dept. of Transportation pedestrian resources include planning and research, design and engineering, grants and funding, and safety education. 
• The AARP Bike Audit Tool Kit guides users through a step-by-step approach to observing and documenting the safe or unsafe bikeability of a location. The results of a community bike audit can educate local decision-makers and provide them with data and solution strategies for achieving needed change.
• Need data? Gather bicycle and pedestrian traffic counts with a portable counter from your MnDOT district office. 

Mobility Design: 

• MN Dept. of Transportation bicycling resources include safety education, planning and research, design and engineering, routes/tails/maps, and grants and funding.
• Also see Designing for All Ages & Abilities: Contextual Guidance for High-Comfort Bicycle Facilities (National Association of City Transportation Officials: 2017).
• Pay particular attention to multimodal conflict areas and transit connections to serve users and destinations.

Mobility Hubs: 

• See how the City of Minneapolis and Metro Transit are using Mobility Hubs to connect many modes of transportation. 
• Metro Transit also has a Mobility Hub Planning and Implementation Guidebook 
• Find more resources on Mobility Hubs from Transit Matters 
• See how folks across the UK are incorporating Mobility Hubs into their communities. Resources on CoMoUK's website include benefits and making the economic case for Mobility Hubs and even how to create a pop-up hub. 

Gap Remedies: 

• The Dakota County Office of Planning conducted a gap analysis for the county in 2009, and scored each gap using the following categories: housing density-40 points, employment density-10, shopping density-10, distance to schools-10, density of households in poverty-5, traffic volume-5, average speed-5, number of lanes-5, connectivity (density of intersections)-5, transit access-5.

American Disabilities Act (ADA):

• The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The ADA requires local entities with over 50 employees to designate an ADA Coordinator. 
• See the Great Plains ADA Center training and certification program and ADA National Network for additional information and resources.